View Cherry Cove sits at 4,327 feet along the Blue Ridge Parkway, facing 330 degrees toward the northwest. The land drops 536 feet within 600 meters of the overlook, giving an open sightline over the terrain below. From this point, GPS Falls, a waterfall, is visible to the west-northwest at 1.6 miles and 4,896 feet elevation. Grassy Cove Top rises to the west-northwest at 2.9 miles and 6,035 feet, while Old Butt Knob, a summit in Haywood County within Pisgah National Forest, stands north-northwest at the same distance and 5,524 feet. Dog Loser Knob is farther out to the northwest, 3.2 miles away at 5,730 feet. Asheville lies 23.3 miles to the northeast, with Greenville and Greer to the southeast at 40.9 and 43.1 miles. The overlook falls between Log Hollow Overlook and Pounding Mill Overlook on the Parkway. Given the westward and northwestward orientation of the view, sunset light rather than sunrise would fall across these ridgelines, based on seasonal sun times ranging from 17:23 in December to 20:50 in June.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:43 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:50 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 19:30 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 17:23 | 16:44 |
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Old Butt Knob is a summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is located within Pisgah National Forest. With an elevation of 5,522 feet (1,683 m), Old Butt Knob is the 114th highest mountain in North Carolina.
View Cherry Cove sits at about 4,327 feet (1,319 m).
From View Cherry Cove: GPS Falls (WNW, 1.6 mi); Grassy Cove Top (WNW, 2.9 mi); Old Butt Knob (NNW, 2.9 mi); Dog Loser Knob (NW, 3.2 mi).
Asheville, 23 miles NE of View Cherry Cove.
Pounding Mill Overlook is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after View Cherry Cove.
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